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Nepticuloidea
Ectoedemia Busck, 1907
Nomenclature
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Superfamily: NepticuloideaFamily: Nepticulidae
Genus:
Ectoedemia Busck, 1907
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type information:
Ectoedemia populella Busck, 1907: 98 (Original designation and monotypy)
Etymology:
έκτόσ (ektos), outside; οίδημα(oidéma), a swelling, a tumour: from the larval feeding habits of the type species. The genus was erected to accommodate the North American nepticulid E. populella Busck, 1907; the larva feeds in a leaf petiole of Populus spp,, causing a gall to develop.
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Synonyms: 1